- September 21st, 2005, 8:55 pm
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Hey, I bet PKD, PKI, PGA, and PCW will all have their kids areas rethemed to Nick Central by 2012! And that was about as hard to make as any of Nut-stradamus' "predictions". It's probable, it makes sense, and it has a decent likelihood of happening - but I certainly have no actual INFORMATION about this actually happening. Every park will likely have a Boomerang Bay at some point, just like they all have a Drop Zone. Most may get an Italian Job and / or Tomb Raider ride of some sort, just like most have Top Guns, Reptars, Vortexes, Scooby Doo dark rides and racing woodies. None of this is rocket science.
Carowinds has plenty of room to add rides without removing anything due to space. They might remove things due to low ridership (read: Frenzoid) when they think they have something that can better use the space, but they don't need to just to make room.
Carowinds also isn't in dire financial shape due to selling too many cheap season passes. They're pricing them at a level to try to get the attendance they want. More people through the gates means more people to sell stuff to. I'm hoping Nut-stradamus takes an econ course or two to try to get SOME basic knowledge of how businesses operate, as he seems totally obvlious to the concept as of now.
I'll somewhat go along with the "major" ride theory for 2007. That timing makes sense with BORG's newness wearing off by then. The park saw how a major thrill ride can spike attendance upward, so will want to try to repeat that again before too long - although they certainly want milk BORG for all it's worth. The park also has kept spending down somewhat with getting the used Stealth, some used rides for Nick Central, and not a heckuva lot for the Boomerang Bay used or otherwise. If they've been saving some of this money towards something big......
Ok, I'm not expecting Millennium Force or Kingda Ka - nor do I want either of those, either. An Italian Job is a distinct possibility, as is a major flat ride or two. Something larger like a hyper, floorless, or larger launch coaster is probably less likely, but I don't think they're out of the question either. The thing that would surprise me most would be a woodie since the park already has 3.
So I'll go on record predicting a new coaster in 2007 or 2008, possibly a "major" ride although nothing world-record-breaking - and that they won't have to remove another coaster to do it.
KenB
P.S. Almost forgot the thread topic, Boomerang Bay. Well, yeah, it's much less than I was hoping for but should at least look better and have more shade. I'm not over there that much anyway so it's no big deal, although I would've probably gone more if they had added some slides.
:ph34r: !
